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Re help
by KISHOR 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

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Fwd: Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

----- Forwarded message from Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> ----- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:31:53 +0100 From: Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> Subject: [GKD] Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice To: gkd(a)phoenix.edc.org Dear GKD Members, My name is Dr. Ken Kitson, and I am working as the software designer for the Open Knowledge Network <www.openknowledge.net> which is being co-ordinated by One World <www.oneworld.net> with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The primary goal of OKN is to use information technology to stimulate the generation and exchange of local content between disadvantaged communities in the South. As such, key aspects of the software are that: it supports local languages; is easy to install, use and fix; is capable of working offline most of the time; works with relevant communication methods (poor dial-up lines, compact discs, wireless, satellite); runs on both Linux and Windows; uses open-source software and will become an open-source project. We have some pilot software (written in Java and PHP) running in around 30 community computing centres in India and four African countries, working in seven languages. A demonstration site showing the live local content from our network can be seen on the Internet at: <http://london.openknowledge.net:8080/okn/newsheet_eng.html> We are now designing the next release of the software, and would be particularly interested to know if members of the GKD list: - know of any similar projects we might collaborate with, or technology we should investigate - could advise which technology would be best for building up an active open source community in the South (for example, is Java the most popular language) - would be interested in getting involved in contributing technical advice to the OKN programme by joining our discussion group at: <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okntechnology> Many thanks for your time. Best wishes, Ken Kitson Fwd: Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice ----- Forwarded message from Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> ----- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:31:53 +0100 From: Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> Subject: [GKD] Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice To: gkd(a)phoenix.edc.org Dear GKD Members, My name is Dr. Ken Kitson, and I am working as the software designer for the Open Knowledge Network <www.openknowledge.net> which is being co-ordinated by One World <www.oneworld.net> with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The primary goal of OKN is to use information technology to stimulate the generation and exchange of local content between disadvantaged communities in the South. As such, key aspects of the software are that: it supports local languages; is easy to install, use and fix; is capable of working offline most of the time; works with relevant communication methods (poor dial-up lines, compact discs, wireless, satellite); runs on both Linux and Windows; uses open-source software and will become an open-source project. We have some pilot software (written in Java and PHP) running in around 30 community computing centres in India and four African countries, working in seven languages. A demonstration site showing the live local content from our network can be seen on the Internet at: < http://london.openknowledge.net:8080/okn/newsheet_eng.html http://london.openknowledge.net:8080/okn/newsheet_eng.html > We are now designing the next release of the software, and would be particularly interested to know if members of the GKD list: - know of any similar projects we might collaborate with, or technology we should investigate - could advise which technology would be best for building up an active open source community in the South (for example, is Java the most popular language) - would be interested in getting involved in contributing technical advice to the OKN programme by joining our discussion group at: < http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okntechnology http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okntechnology > Many thanks for your time. Best wishes, Ken Kitson

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Free online access CILIP Journals
by Shyam Prasad pujar 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Sorry for cross-postings, if any. Dear Members, CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals), UK is currently offering free online access to its following journals: Journal of Information Science (1997->) Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (1997->) This offer lasts until November 2004. For more information, please have a look at: http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/researchjournals/ Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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140-year-old Antique Library floor Tiles on Sale in Rajkot
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Facelift on, Lang library parts with pieces of the past http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=99646 Hiral Dave Rajkot, September 15: Besides avid readers, the Lang Library is nowadays drawing antique lovers! The 140-year-old library, which has a vast collection of over one lakh books, many of them rare, has put on sale old clay floor tiles used when the building was built. About 1,000 antique tiles, used in the main room of the historic library, are on sale with the structure undergoing renovation. Librarian Bipin Mehta says, "The tiles have been carefully removed. Of all the tiles, only 1,000 perfect pieces have been selected for sale." Each tile has the manufacturing company's name and year engraved on it. Within four days of placing an advertisement, the Lang Trust which runs the library, has been flooded with enquiries from as far as US and UK besides parts of the State. While some want to add the tiles to their antique collection, many plan to make decorative pieces of them. An official of the Parswanath Co-operative Bank says, "We want some pieces to decorate the bank's garden. Their antique value would add to the beauty." But buyers will have to wait for a month. "We have given prospective buyers a month's time and will fix the rates only after looking at the response," says Mehta. The library has been named after a British general, W Lang who served in Saurashtra from 1856 to 1858. Library officials say Lang started a small library called 'Victoria' for women in a room of the Kothi Compound building. Victoria, with books from Lang's personal collection, soon became popular among women who were not allowed to go to school then. The library was later shifted to Jubilee Baug and thrown open to all. Many books still bear the stamp of Victoria library. The main reading room has been closed since May for renovation. White marble has replaced the old tiles, the wooden ceiling and staircase have received a fresh coat of paint and more lights have been installed in the reading hall. A special study room for university students has been built on the first floor. The monthly fees, however, remains Rs 5, says Mehta. The library owns rare books dating back to the 1800s like the Chambers Encyclopaedia (1888), Exploring and Adventure in Equatorial Africa (1861) besides the oldest Gujarati dictionary. The library is all set computerise its operations. Two computers will be installed to provide readers with information on availability of books and new arrivals, says Mehta. Mehta says plans are also afoot to post the books on internet. "To begin with, English and Gujarati books which are over 100 years old have been selected for the project. Soon, readers will have access to scanned versions of these books on the internet," he says. =============== sent by ========= Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Ph: +91(40)23480053

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Elsevier to forbid document copy dlivery by libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

A friend [Eberhard Hilf] tells me: "Elsevier is going to court in Germany against the University Libraries concerning document copy delivery. The Government intends to forbid document copy delivery in future, allowing documents to be viewed only on-screen in the library. See <http://www.urheberrechtsbuendnis.de> " Too bad for researchers and for Elsevier. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Elsevier to forbid document copy dlivery by libraries A friend [ Eberhard Hilf ] tells me: " Elsevier is going to court in Germany against the University Libraries concerning document copy delivery. The Government intends to forbid document copy delivery in future, allowing documents to be viewed only on-screen in the library. See < http://www.urheberrechtsbuendnis.de http://www.urheberrechtsbuendnis.de > " Too bad for researchers and for Elsevier. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Website on 'Fellowships' updated.
by sangeeta Halijwale 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Dear Members, In reponse to my email to the LIS-FOURM regarding the website on 'fellowships' hosted by me few months back, I got very good feedback from some of you, for which I am highly thankful to you all. I am trying to update the site periodically with new fellowships as and when announced. Below mentioned are the fellowships of the month: General Fellowships: -------- Bharatpetroleum scholarship Indian Oil Department of Culture BD Bangur-endowment scholarship Nirman Shri Brihad Bharatiya Samaj Scholarship Medicine: ---------- Hargobind foundation Social sciences: ---------------- Agatha Harrison Memorial Fellowship for the year 2005-06 Indian Council of Social Science Research International Food Policy Research Institute Phelan Fellowship 2004-05 Furter details you may pl visit http://www.freewebs.com/fellowindia Thanks, Sangeeta Halijwale Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon (E) Mumbai - 4000 065 phone: 022-28400919 http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib.htm

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Symposium on Consortia 6th-8th October, 2004
by Dimple Patel 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Hi All, This is for the information of all LIS-FORUM members. Documentation Research and Training Centre in collaboration with Indian Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST), IIT Delhi and U.S. Educational Foundation in India (USEFI), is conducting a Symposium on Consortium Approach to Resource Sharing: Issues and Policies, during October 6th - 8th 2004, to be held at DRTC, Bangalore. More information available at: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/consortia/ Regards, Dimple Patel, DRTC, Bangalore. http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Hi All, This is for the information of all LIS-FORUM members. Documentation Research and Training Centre in collaboration with Indian Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST), IIT Delhi and U.S. Educational Foundation in India (USEFI), is conducting a Symposium on Consortium Approach to Resource Sharing: Issues and Policies, during October 6th - 8th 2004, to be held at DRTC, Bangalore. More information available at: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/consortia/ Regards, Dimple Patel, DRTC, Bangalore.

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InfoWatch July-Aug 2004
by M.R Lalitha 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, The combined July-Aug 2004 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) July-Aug 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Algolib - The Algorithms project's library and other packages of the algorithms project 2. Alkalinity calculator 3. Blinkx [A search tool] 4. BrainBoost - A no-search search engine 5. Computer Knowledge Virus tutorial 6. DASL - The Data and Story Library [An archive of statistical methods] 7. e-Learning Centre - Advice on how to build effective e-learning solutions 8. Electronic definations website 9. ExpatEngineer.net - The Expat Engineering job network 10. Glossary of plasma physics and fusion energy research 11. Hardware-guru [A website for hardware designers] 12. hogan-productions.com - Free computer and Internet books online 13. Matrix Market [A repository of test data for use in comparative studies of algorithms for numerical linear algebra] 14. NASA experimental communications satellites 15. Netscape DevEdge [A resource for web designers] 16. Nist visible cement dataset [A collection of 3-D data sets of cement, Plaster of Paris and common brick material] 17. Ocean Explorer [An educational site to learn about, discover and virtually explore the ocean realm] 18. Open channel software 19. PC Soft Land [Software archive on the Internet] 20. URLinfo [A tool providing information about webpages] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Digital library for medical college : Kerala
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/16/stories/2004091607800300.htm Digital library for medical college By Our Staff Reporter KOZHIKODE, SEPT. 15 (2004). The Health Minister, K.K. Ramachandran, will inaugurate the state-of-the-art digital library with high speed Internet connection at the Kozhikode Medical College library here on September 17. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, the Medical College vice-principal, K. Parvathi, said the digital library would cost Rs. 50 lakhs with facilities of high speed Internet connection and 16 computers. The libraray is funded by the Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMG), an organisation of alumni of the Medical College in the U.S. and Canada. Online medical journal subscriptions and CDs of medical textbooks will be provided. The new digital library is being set by C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram. C-DAC will run the library for two years, after which the responsibility will be entrusted with the college. Though Internet facility is available in the library from 2001, there are only six computers set up with the assistance from the National Medical Library, New Delhi. Once the library gets 16 computers as part of its digitalisation programme, the library is likely to extend its working hours from the present 12 hours to 16 hours or even round-the-clock. Proposals for additional staff required for this purpose has been send to the Government. The students will be charged a nominal rate of Rs. 5 per hour. Smart cards will be issued to students at a charge which they can use for accessing the Internet. M.P. Veerendrakumar, MP, will distribute the first smart card at the function. The Mayor, Thottathil Ravindran, will preside. K. Ramamoorthy, Principal Secretary, Health, Meenu Hariharan, Director of Medical Education, B. Jayalekshmi, Joint Director of Medical Education, and T.P.M. Zahir, MLA, will attend the function. =====sent by =========== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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[Sigiii-l] ASIST SIG III Announces Winners of 2004 International Paper Contest (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:03:27 -0400 From: Yin Zhang <yinzhang(a)slis.kent.edu> To: asis-l(a)asis.org, sigiii-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Sigiii-l] ASIST SIG III Announces Winners of 2004 International Paper Contest The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG III) is pleased to announce the top winners of its fifth International Paper Contest. We are delighted to be able to offer eight awards this year. The winners are: 1 Shivanthi Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka) The role of financiers as intermediaries in bridging the information gap of micro entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka 2 G. Thamaraiselvi (India) Digital divide issues 3 K.T. Anuradha (India) Design and development of institutional repositories: A case study 4 S. Majumdar (India) Preservation and conservation of literary heritage: A case study of India 5 (tie) Ayoku A. Ojedokun (Botswana) The evolving sophistication of internet abuses in Africa 5 (tie) Nafiz Zaman Shuva (Bangladesh) Implementing information and communication technology in public libraries of Bangladesh 7 (tie) V S Cholin (India) Study on application of information technology for effective access to resources in Indian university libraries 7 (tie) Ariunaa Bariushanov (Mongolia) Current situation on Mongolian information technology and demand of library automation The theme of this year’s paper contest is "Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts - The Developing World Perspective." The eight winning papers were selected from 25 papers received for this year’s competition. Each winner will be awarded a two-year individual membership in ASIST. Thanks to the continued generous support from Elsevier Publishers, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, November 13-18, 2004. These winning papers and other submitted papers for the competition will be considered for publication by Elsevier's International Information and Library Review, which is edited by Toni Carbo. Congratulations to the winners! The Contest Committee worked really hard in selecting the winning papers in a short time frame. The Committee this year was composed of Yunfei Du, International Paper Contest co-Chair; Sue O'Neill Johnson, co-Chair and Immediate Past Chair of SIG III; and Nathalie Leroy, co-Chair and SIG III Chair. This year’s judges are: • Suzie Allard, University of Tennessee • Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto • Nathalie Leroy, United Nations • Duncan Omole, The World Bank Their effort makes it possible to maintain this international network of digital scholars and experts on digital libraries and information technology in developing countries. More information about the paper competition is available from the SIG III website under Paper Contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yin Zhang, Ph.D. SIG III Chair-Elect and Communications Officer School of Library and Information Science Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 email: yinzhang(a)slis.kent.edu phone: 330-672-0010 _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l

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